Chehalis-Centralia Airport
CLS · KCLS · Chehalis, Washington · Lewis County · map
Chehalis-Centralia Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chehalis, 1 mile west of Chehalis, Washington, 177 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 63 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 47,710 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Chehalis-Centralia Airport?
Its FAA code is CLS, and its ICAO code is KCLS.
Where is Chehalis-Centralia Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Chehalis, Washington, 177 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Chehalis-Centralia Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,000 feet long, concrete.
Does Chehalis-Centralia Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chehalis-Centralia Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Chehalis-Centralia Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Friday Harbor. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chehalis-Centralia Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Chehalis-Centralia Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CLS · ICAO KCLS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chehalis
- Elevation
- 177 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,000 × 140 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: VASI, two boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach | 121.1 | |
| Cls and aWOS-3 | 118.025 | |
| Nassel and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 360-740-5164.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Olympia Regional (18 nm north), Southwest Washington Regional (34 nm south), Sanderson Field (34 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Washington · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Traffic pattern to the west on all runway approaches.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours. By credit card only. No debit cards.
- Possible wildlife on runways.
- Weekend glider activity in spring, summer and early fall.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from CLS in those twelve months, carrying 2 passengers in 6 seats (33% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chehalis-Centralia → Friday Harbor CLS–FRD | 1 | 2 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 56 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 47,710, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,000 |
| general aviation, local | 23,000 |
| military | 210 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chehalis from the FAA register
50 aircraft are registered to owners in Chehalis, Washington: 37 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 5 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 electric aircraft. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Washington.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Chehalis:
- Seaplane Scenics LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Seaplane Scenics operates scenic flight tours and charter flights from bases in the Seattle area using seaplanes and land planes.
- Badger Helicopters INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 12 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 training center examiners.
- Julie Ann Elizabeth Paasch private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oakville, WA (17 nm) · (801) 726-4770 · [email protected]
- David Ames private pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Tumwater, WA (18 nm) · (509) 929-7171 · [email protected]
- Marie Fox Kellermann private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Puyallup, WA (38 nm) · (253) 273-2380 · [email protected]
- Maureen Claire Mayo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gig Harbor, WA (40 nm) · (564) 225-2443 · [email protected]
- Thomas Scott Crichton Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Skyport/Intercept Aviation · Gig Harbor, WA (40 nm) · (253) 720-0050 · [email protected]
- Galey William Corby instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Federal Way, WA (47 nm) · (206) 769-3398 · [email protected]
All 32 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chehalis 50 aircraft · 37 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 5 business jets
- Mshr Helicopter Service LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute INC PC 2 aircraft in town
- Mainero Tanner R 2 aircraft in town
- Seaplane Scenics LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Badger Helicopters INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Friday Harbor (FRD) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 359 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 131 landing places
- Washington 10,571 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CLS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.